Nitrogen nucleophiles allylic derivatives

Pd-catalyzed reactions of allylic esters such as aUyl acetates, carbonates, and phosphates with soft carbon nucleophiles such as malonate esters are useful for carbon-carbon bond formation (Sects. V.2.1.1-V.2.1.5). hi this section, Pd-catalyzed substitution reactions of nitrogen-containing allylic derivatives such as allylic amines, ammonium salts, tosylim-ides, and nitro compounds are described (Scheme 1). The allylic derivatives of other group 15 atoms have never been used as allyl unit source in Pd-catalyzed alkylation reactions so far. 

Complexes derived from the oxazolinylpyridine ligand Ph-Pybox and [Ir(COD)Cl]2 catalyze allylic substitution reactions of several oxygen and nitrogen nucleophiles... 

In this sense Organ and coworkers [80] have developed intriguing syntheses of polysubstituted olefins based upon consecutive intermolecular reactions such as allylic and allylic-vinylic halide coupling sequences. Therefore, l-acetoxy-4-chloro but-2-ene can be readily submitted as a template for Pd-catalyzed allylic substitutions with two different carbon or nitrogen nucleophiles, leading to unsymmetrically substituted butene derivatives 66-70 in good yields (Scheme 22). Mechanistically, the chloro substituent is replaced... 

A large variety of nucleophiles may be used as allyl group scavengers in the palladium-catalyzed deprotection of allylic derivatives, including oxygen, nitrogen, carbon, or sulfur nucleophiles, and hydride donors. 

Although a variety of primary and secondary amines can be utilized as nitrogen nucleophiles, amina-tion of allylic substrates with ammonia has been reported to be unsuccessful. Therefore, bis(p-methoxy-phenyDmethylamine, sodium p-toluenesulfonamide or sodium azide have been utilized instead of ammonia. In the presence of a palladium catalyst, imides, such as phthalimide, react with allylic esters with the exception of geranyl and linalyl acetates. 0-Geranyl- and 0-linalyl-isourea derivatives, however, reacted with phthalimide giving the expected -allylic phthalimides in 65% and 71% yields, respectively. ... 

As to the process that affords 3-allylindoles without the intermediacy of an Al-allyl derivative, a possible explanation considers the reaction of the o-alkynyltrifluoroac-etanilide with the rj -allylpalladium intermediate derived from the allyl carbonate. The strongly basic sterically encumbered ligand ttmpp might control the reactivity of the latter so as to favor the formation of the rj -alkyne-Tj -allylpalladium complex via coordination of the alkyne moiety to the palladium (Scheme 31a) at the expense of the nucleophilic attack of the nitrogen on the aUytic fragment, which would lead to the formation of the A-allyl product (Scheme 31b). 

B.vi.b. Coupling of Building Block to Solid Support Via jr-Allylpalladium Complexes. The reactions of immobilized nucleophiles with 7r-allylpalladium precursors have been described for various combinations.f A double allylation reaction has been shown using an immobilized nitrogen nucleophile with 2-hydroxymethylallyl methyl carbonate. After the first allylic substitution, acylation and a subsequent coupling with various nucleophiles provided access to substituted glycine derivatives (Scheme 22). ... 

Grigg et al. reported a successful four-component domino reaction for the synthesis of functionalized dienes 316 from aryl iodides, allyl amine derivative, allene, and carbon monoxide [110] (Scheme 6.83). Carbon monoxide could insert into the C—Pd bond of arylpalladium(II) iodides to generate a carbonylpalladium species, which is followed by allenylation to form n-allylpalladium species. Finally, the attack of the nitrogen nucleophile produces the product observed. The products of this domino multicomponent reaction could be subjected efficiently to ring-closing metathesis in the presence of Grubbs second-generation catalyst. 

So far, only reactions in which the internal nucleophile is tethered to the nitrogen atom of the A -acyliminium ion have been discussed, however, cyclizations with nucleophiles attached to other positions are also possible. If the nucleophile is connected to the carbon atom adjacent to the carbonyl group, bridged azabicycloalkane derivatives are obtained in high yield by using the more reactive allyl- or propargylsilanes. 

Although transition metal-catalyzed allylic alkylation has become one of the most powerful methods in chemical synthesis, the formation of ether bonds using this process has been slow to evolve.119-121 The main reasons for this disparity are the lower nucleophilicity and higher basicity of oxygen nucleophiles, particularly those derived from aliphatic alcohols, compared to their carbon or nitrogen analogs. However, this notion has rapidly been revised, as recent advances in the O-allylation area have largely addressed the issue of the reactivity mismatch between the hard alkoxide and the soft 7r-allylmetal species to provide a considerable body of literature. 

An important variant for transition metal-catalyzed carbon-nitrogen bond formation is allylic substitution (for reviews, see1,la lh). Nucleophilic attack by an amine on an 7r-allyl intermediate, generated from either an allylic alcohol derivative,2 16,16a 16f an alkenyloxirane,17-19,19a-19d an alkenylaziridine19,19a 19d, or a propargyl alcohol derivative,21,21a 21d gives an allylic amine derivative. 

A wide range of carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen nucleophiles react with allylic esters in the presence of iridium catalysts to form branched allylic substitution products. The bulk of the recent literature on iridium-catalyzed allylic substitution has focused on catalysts derived from [Ir(COD)Cl]2 and phosphoramidite ligands. These complexes catalyze the formation of enantiomerically enriched allylic amines, allylic ethers, and (3-branched y-8 unsaturated carbonyl compounds. The latest generation and most commonly used of these catalysts (Scheme 1) consists of a cyclometalated iridium-phosphoramidite core chelated by 1,5-cyclooctadiene. A fifth coordination site is occupied in catalyst precursors by an additional -phosphoramidite or ethylene. The phosphoramidite that is used to generate the metalacyclic core typically contains one BlNOLate and one bis-arylethylamino group on phosphorus. 

The palladium catalysed substitution reaction of allylic systems has also been utilised in the formation of five membered rings. Intramolecular nucleophilic attack of the amide nitrogen atom on the allylpalladium complex formed in the oxidative addition of the allyl acetate moiety on the catalyst led to the formation of the five membered ring (3.63.). In the presence of a copper(II) salt the intermediate pyrroline derivative oxidized to pyrrole.80... 

The successful utilization of nitrogen-based nucleophiles in the previously described cascade reactions has allowed for the synthesis of complex polycyclic structures from simple and readily available starting materials. The fact that carbamates can participate as nucleophiles has provided the opportunity for development of diastereoselective ring closures onto the halocyclopropane-derived allyl cation. 

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